Self-contained Oculus Go costs $199 as Rift drops to $399

The next generation of virtual reality headsets are going wireless. HTC’s at it. Facebook’s doing it too.

At its fourth annual Oculus Connect conference the company debuted the Oculus Go the first wireless headset that doesn’t need an external power or delivery engine. It’s expected to be a gateway for a billion people to the new world of VR at an expected price of $199.

“We believe this will be the most accessible VR ever,” said Oculus vice president of VR Hugo Barra.

The facial chamber contains built-in speakers (though you can fit in headphones by connecting it to the 3.5mm headphone jack), quad HD LCD that should have decent refresh rates, “next-gen” lenses and room for your reading or prescription glasses. There’s a motion controller, too.

Developer kits will be available from December with a commercial launch planned for early 2018. Over 1,000 apps, including from the Samsung Gear VR library, will be available at launch.

Jules Wang is News Editor for Pocketnow and one of the hosts of the Pocketnow Weekly Podcast. He came onto the team in 2014 as an intern editing and producing videos and the podcast while he was studying journalism at Emerson College. He graduated the year after and entered into his current position at Pocketnow, full-time.